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Assemblyman Billy Jones Dc. 1 COVID-19 Update

COVID-19 December Updates

Updates from Governor Cuomo
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday a new winter plan for the COVID-19 pandemic.

There are five targeted areas for this plan:
  • Continue and Strengthen New York’s Targeted Micro-Cluster Strategy while Managing Hospital Capacity to Enhance and Equalize Care;
  • Increase and Balance Testing Resources and Availability;
  • Keep Schools Open Safely;
  • Prevent Viral Spread from Small Gatherings; and
  • Operationalize an Equitable and Safe Vaccination Program.
The Department of Health also initiated emergency hospital measures to prepare the state’s hospital system for an expected surge in new admissions over the upcoming weeks. Specifically, these measures include:

  • Hospital systems must begin to identify retired nurses and doctors to bolster staff;
  • Hospital systems in Erie County must suspend elective surgeries to create new bed capacity for COVID patients;
  • Hospital systems must begin balancing patient loads across their individual hospital facilities;
  • Prepare plans to utilize emergency field hospitals;
  • Prepare plans to increase hospital bed capacity by 50 percent;
  • Prepare plans to implement statewide ‘Surge and Flex’ operations (similar to load balancing, but patient shifts would occur across all hospital systems, as opposed to within individual hospital systems)
  • Prepare plans to staff emergency field hospitals; and
  • Confirm availability of resources in existing stockpiles.

The Department of Health will also be launching a new, statewide hospital metric tracking system.

Please visit this site for more detailed information on Governor Cuomo’s winter plan.

Holiday Toy Drive
While the pandemic has halted many of our traditional in-person festivities, that’s no reason to stop supporting one another.

That is why I am hosting my annual toy drive again this year from now until Dec. 20.

Drop off an unwrapped toy to my office at 2020 US Oval in Plattsburgh Monday-Friday from 8:30am-4:30pm to show your support for our most vulnerable community members and to spread some holiday cheer.

All donations will go to the Christmas Bureau.

Posted: December 1st, 2020 under Heathcare News, State Government News, State Legislator News.

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